| Ayabadhu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula,Queensland; north of Coleman River, south of Coen. |
| Ethnicity | Ayapathu,Yintyingka |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ayd |
| Glottolog | ayab1239 |
| AIATSIS[1] | Y60 |
| ELP | Ayapathu |
Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), orBadhu, is anextinctAustralian Aboriginal language of thePaman family spoken on theCape York Peninsula ofNorth Queensland,Australia by theAyapathu people.[1][2]: 17 The Ayabadhu language region includes theCook Shire and the areas aroundCoen andPort Stewart.[3]
Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by theYintyingka andLamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language.[2]: 51 They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" toWestern Ayapathu.[4] The nameYintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboringUmbindhamu language.[1][5]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iiː | uuː | |
| Mid | ɛɛː | ɔɔː | |
| Open | aaː |
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | ||
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʔ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | |
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɹ | |||
Some words from the Ayabadhu language, as spelt and written by Ayabadhu authors include:[3]
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